Why The Polyvagal Theory Is Untenable: An international expert evaluation of the polyvagal theory and commentary upon Porges, S.W. (2025). Polyvagal theory: current status, clinical applications, and future directions. Clin. Neuropsychiatry, 22(3), 169-184.

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Title: Why The Polyvagal Theory Is Untenable: An international expert evaluation of the polyvagal theory and commentary upon Porges, S.W. (2025). Polyvagal theory: current status, clinical applications, and future directions. Clin. Neuropsychiatry, 22(3), 169-184.
Authors: Grossman P; Emeritus Research Director, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland., Ackland GL; Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK., Allen AM; Department of Anatomy & Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Berntson GGB; Emeritus Academy of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA., Booth LC; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia., Burghardt GM; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.; Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA., Buron J; Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland., Dinets V; Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA., Doody JS; Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, USA., Dutschmann M; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.; Center for Sleep Disorders Research, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA., Farmer DGS; Department of Neuroscience, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Fisher JP; Manaaki Manawa - The Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand., Gourine AV; Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK., Joyner MJ; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA., Karemaker JM; UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Biology, Systems Physiology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Khalsa SS; Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA, USA., Lakatta EG; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA., Leite CAC; Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar), Sao Carlos, Brazil., Macefield VG; Department of Neuroscience, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Machado BH; Department of Physiology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Machado RM; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia., Menuet C; INMED, INSERM, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France., Mendelowitz D; Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA., Moraes DJA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Neuhuber W; Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany., Ottaviani MM; Department of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Perugia, Italy & Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy., Paterson DJ; Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre and BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Paton JFP; Manaaki Manawa - The Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand., Pellegrino PR; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA., Ramchandra R; Manaaki Manawa - The Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand., Shanks J; Manaaki Manawa - The Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand., Schwaber JS; Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Daniel Baugh Institute for Functional Genomics and Computational Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA., Shivkumar K; University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Spyer KM; Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK., Taylor EW; School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK., Taylor JA; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA., Wang T; Zoophysiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark., Yao ST; Department of Anatomy & Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Zucker IH; Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
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